21-yo youth dies in truck bike collision

A 21-year-old youth died after his bike rammed into a fish transport truck on NH 66 over Netravati bridge here in the wee hours of Wednesday, October 11 morning.

The deceased identified as Azvin, a resident of Kotekar worked as a fisherman.

Azvin was on his way to Mangaluru for work when a truck moving ahead of his bike applied brakes all of a sudden. Azvin lost control of the bike and rammed into the truck.

A seriously injured Azvin was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead.